Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-10
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SACRAMENTO.

The San Francisco " Bulletin Discovers
it on the Map and Mentions it.
The city in which the State Capitol is located
has seldom come into notice Of consequence
except on occasions of legislative conventions
inaugural ceremonies and other attendant mat
tiers of State interest The town, however, has
been gradually extending its limits, and quite
a population is said to be settling in spots once
known as distant suburbs.-S. f. Bulletin.
For the further benefit of the Bulletins
readers it might be said Sacramento is
located on the river of that name at point
about ninety-fve miles north of San Fran
CISCO It's exact location will be perceived
by careful scrutiny of any State map
drawn on q liberal scale. Something like
fifty railroad trains arrive and depart daily
from this village, the population of which
is about 10000. The traveller will not en-
counter any serious difficulty in finding
the place, as Sacramento is included in the
lists of way-stations enumerated in most of
the guide books and railroad timetables
and if not accompanied by too large a
family, he will find adequate accommoda-
tons without having to sleep on the side
walks 1t might be mentioned further that
the commercial transactions this obscure
burg amount to between fifty and sixty
millions of dollars year.
1t NAV interest the Bulletin commercial
writer to learn that the city which seldom
comes into notice OF consequence except
on occasions of legislative conventions"
etc, is the chief fruit-shipping point Of the
coast and always must so remain, for all
Central and Northern California F.; that it
was Sacramento energy and commercial
wisdom that suggested and secured to the
coast the auction system of disposal of
California fruits, which has worked such
wonderful change for the better in the
business. 1t may interest the Bulletin like
wise to learn that Sacramento is the termi-
nus of three distinct lines of railway, in
addition TO the chief trunk transcont-
mental line. 1t is possible that the Bulletin
may be pleased to know of the city chiefly
prominent because of inaugural cere-
monies once N four years, that there is
maintained here the largest mechanical
works west of the Mississippi river giving
employment to from 800 to 2, 800 skilled
Workmen the year round. 1t is also not
violent presumption to assume that the
Bulletin will be glad to learn that the city
which seldom comes into notice of conse-
quence except" ETC., has contiguous 10 it
the most extensive and productive hop
lands of the coast, and the very best fruit
lands known in the State. That it
is in the midst of that great source
of all wealth, high production in an
agricultural region larger than any
State of New York, and for all of which
Sacramento is a market center and which
contributes to its growing commercial inn
portance 1t pursues the even tenor of its
way, to be sure, upon legitimate lines of
progress, keeping up with the procession of
real advancement, but behind that of in
tiation, wildcat speculation stock-deals
and the swapping of jackknives. 1t may
hope in the far-distant future, and we trust
it will not hope in vain, to attain the SUI
preme felicity of gaining defensible foot
hold in the comprehension of the Bulletin
which will at least accord to the city rank
level with Pin Hook and Squat Ham cross
roads. If it shall fail in this recognition,
however, it will still remain and grow a
commercial center supplying largely an
agricultural and foothill region, than which
there is none richer or more prosperous,
and none so wide and promising upon all
the Pacific slope.
The Art Gallery and Mineral Cabinets.
For some time McManus & Keegan have
been engaged in painting the north and
west exteriors of the E. B. Crocker Art
Gallery building owned by the city. The
work is now complete, and has greatly i'm
proved the appearance of the structure.
The tints have not been deepened in either
ground or trimmings, but are somewhat
sharper than before. The work has been
well down throughout. On the compile
ton of the exterior work committee of
the California Museum Association con-
tracted with the same painters TO paint the
walls of the interior of the lecture
room, where the mineral cabinet of the State
has been set up. That work was completed
yesterday, and the building is now through
out in the very best condition for iDspec-
ton by visitors. The walls of the lecture
room were, by reason of the removal of a
partition, one half white and one half deep
maroon. The painters have laid the whole
in pearl gray and stippled. The effect is to
increase the light in the room and render
examination of the minerals less difficult.
About one-third the minerals are upon the
shelves, the remainder are in drawers.
They will gradually, as the Commissioners
shelves. But they cannot be arranged
or classified as they should
be until small fund is
provided for the purpose. 1t will cost
about $3.50 to employ a competent geolo-
gist to do the work and classify the miner
ais according to Dana's system, which is
believed to be the best for popular examin-
alton. The public will probably be ad-
mitted to view the cabinets from about
Monday during regular gallery hours, only
a little more work remaining TO be done in
clearing the room for visitors. The cost to
the city of removing the cabinet and set
ting it up complete was 1856, and it is esti-
mated as cheaply done. The cost to the
Museum Association in having to reedust
its property to admit the cabinet was about
so.